Bachelor of Dental Surgery

Undergraduate

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Program/MQR No.

Bachelor
of Dental Surgery / MQA/FA1976

2.

Brief introduction

Kulliyyah of Dentistry
was first established in 2006, which award Bachelor of Dental Surgery
degree. It is a five-year programme with a good and comprehensive
curriculum integrated with an Islamic values. Our first intake of
student was in July 2007 and graduated in August 2012. We have produced
good dental undergraduates who have an excellence knowledge and
reputable skills with a high standard of professional ethics which are
in line with IIUM vision, i.e. to restore the roles of Muslims in
education, knowledge creation and acquisition as well as to contribute
to the improvement of quality of life for all mankind.

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Program Outcome

1.

Possess scientific
knowledge to support the practice of dentistry (Cognitive).

Bachelor of Dental Surgery, IIUM is a five-year
programme. Students are taught in a block system and there are four
blocks in a year. In order to graduate, students’ need to complete both
the university required courses and Kulliyyah core courses. For
Kulliyyah core courses, they are divided into two phases; Phase 1 and
Phase 2.

Phase 1 focuses on the pre-clinical training. It consists of Basic
Medical and Dental Sciences courses which will be taught in Year 1 and
Year 2 of studies. The courses are Anatomy, Physiology, Oral Biology
and Biochemistry for Year 1 and Pharmacology, Pathology, Immunology
& Microbiology, Dental Material for Year 2. All of these
courses will be assessed in the Professional I Examination for Year 1
and Professional II Examination for Year 2. There are also dental
courses that will be taught in Year 1 and/or Year 2 which are Dental
Public Health, Conservative Dentistry and Prosthetic Dentistry; and
these courses will continue until Year 5.

Phase 2 is a clinical phase which will be taught in Year 3, Year 4 and
Year 5 where the students will start treating patient. There are
certain clinical requirements that the students need to fulfil before
they are eligible to sit for Professional III and IV Examination. All
dental core courses will start in Year 3; Paediatric Dentistry,
Orthodontics, Periodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral
Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. General Medicine
and General Surgery courses will also be taught in Year 3 and they will
be assessed in Professional III Examination at the end of Year 3. In
Year 4, apart from dental core courses, the students will be introduced
to research and there will be research findings presentation in Year 5
during Dental Student Scientific Conference. The research
findings report also need to be submitted. In Year 5, the Integrated
Dental Practice courses will be introduced to students so that they are
ready to treat the public. All dental core courses will be assessed in
Professional IV Examination at the end of Year 5.